How popular is the name Jai?

Jai ranks 1,513th among boys' names in US records, with 6,509 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,569.

Is Jai a unisex name?

No. Jai is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2014, when 206 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Hy. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,513 of boy names

Pronounced HH AY1 (ARPABET)

Jai is a boys' name, and first appears in 1914. It has been given to 6,509 children — the 1,513th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2014, when 206 children were given it.

Hy is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

2014Boys: 206Girls: 33

These spellings sound identical to Jai and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Jai?: Jai ranks 1,513th among boys' names in US records, with 6,509 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,569.
Is Jai a unisex name?: No. Jai is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Jai most popular?: 2014, when 206 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Jai spelled?: Hy. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.